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2026 Regular Session

HB1300

African American Heritage Preservation Program and Maryland Commission for Women - Renaming and Alterations

Renaming the African American Heritage Preservation Program to be the Speaker Adrienne A. Jones African American Heritage Preservation Program; repealing the authority of the Secretary of Human Services to appoint the executive director of the Maryland Commission for Women; providing that the executive director of the Commission is not a special appointee and is in the skilled service in the State Personnel Management System; and altering the duties of the Commission.

Current disposition
Signed by Governor
Last status date
May 26, 2026
Last status update
Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792
Author
Terri Hill
Co-sponsors
Dana JonesTiffany AlstonHeather BagnallSandy BartlettRegina BoyceLorig CharkoudianCharlotte CrutchfieldDebra DavisElizabeth EmbryJessica FeldmarkDiana FennellLinda FoleyCatherine ForbesPam GuzzoneAndrea HarrisonAnne HealeyAnne KaiserMary LehmanRobbyn LewisLesley LopezBernice Mireku-NorthJulie Palakovich CarrCheryl PasteurEdith PattersonScott PhillipsLily QiPamela QueenDenise RobertsKim RossSheila RuthSheree Sample-HughesKaren SimpsonStephanie SmithDeni TaverasKym TaylorJen TerrasaKaren TolesKriselda ValderramaCourtney WatsonJennifer White HollandJheanelle WilkinsJamila WoodsNatalie Ziegler

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 12, 2026 House passed March 18, 2026 Senate passed April 9, 2026 House passed April 11, 2026 Enrolled April 11, 2026 Governor approved May 26, 2026
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Recorded floor votes

3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

March 18, 2026 · House

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

124 yea–7 nay · 5 not voting · 5 absent

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April 9, 2026 · Senate

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

43 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 3 absent

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April 11, 2026 · House

Third Reading Passed

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

124 yea–5 nay · 6 not voting · 6 absent

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. House Approved by the Governor - Chapter 792
  2. House Passed Enrolled View roll call
  3. House Third Reading Passed (124-5) View roll call
  4. House House Concurs Senate Amendments
  5. Senate Third Reading Passed (43-0) View roll call
  6. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  7. Senate Floor Amendment {503828/1 (Senator Brooks) Adopted
  8. Senate Favorable Adopted
  9. Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
  10. Senate Hearing 3/26 at 1:00 p.m.
  11. Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
  12. House Third Reading Passed (124-7) View roll call
  13. House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
  14. House Favorable with Amendments {173028/1 Adopted
  15. House Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
  16. House Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
  17. House First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2114844
LegiScan session ID
2240
Source file
var/states/maryland/source/legiscan/2240-842f860f45b5/bill/HB1300.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:49:46+00:00